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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *慢* | 慢* | *慢
slow
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張|张, / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette
HSK 2
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
slowly; gradually
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笨* | 笨* | *笨
stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遲* | 遲* | *遲
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly
HSK 7-9
to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
HSK 7-9
slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
HSK 7-9
late (with a task etc) / slow
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *煲* | 煲* | *煲
to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan
HSK 7-9
slow
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹭* | 蹭* | *蹭
to rub against / to walk slowly / (coll.) to freeload
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緩* | 緩* | *緩
slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熬* | 熬* | *熬
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct / to endure
HSK 7-9
to reduce speed; to slow down
HSK 7-9
slowly / gently
HSK 7-9
off season / slow business season / see also 旺季
HSK 7-9
slowly / unhurriedly / little by little
HSK 7-9
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噓* | 噓* | *噓
to exhale slowly / to hiss / hush!
(computing) slow; unresponsive
to slow down / to retard
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徐* | 徐* | *徐
slowly / gently
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
slow / sluggish
to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
to walk slowly / to amble along / gradually / slowly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *訥* | 訥* | *訥
to speak slowly / inarticulate
slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought)
jogging / to jog / to canter / a slow trot
to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
gradually; slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping
(cinema) slow motion
at a slow pace
to sell poorly / unmarketable / slow-moving (product, inventory etc)
to dillydally / slow-going
wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated
to walk slowly / to stroll
to slow down
to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
(cinema) slow motion
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")
to eat slowly (idiom)
to walk slowly / with deliberate steps
very slow
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
(literary) dull / slow-witted
slow-tempered / phlegmatic / a slowcoach
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
slow tempo / adagio
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炆* | 炆* | *炆
(Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹇* | 蹇* | *蹇
lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need
very slow / exasperatingly slow
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啍* | 啍* | *啍
move slowly
to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
slow / late
to rub lightly / to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally / to pester; to nag
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縵* | 縵* | *縵
plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
a slow march
slow shutter speed photography
lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *訒* | 訒* | *訒
(literary) slow in speech
stupid / slow on the uptake
stupid / slow-witted
knotted or slow pulse (TCM)
slow / sluggish / lazily / to slow down
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伹* | 伹* | *伹
clumsy and dumb / slow-witted
dilatory / slow in movement / roundabout
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辿* | 辿* | *辿
used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿 Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient
lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress
sticky / glutinous / slow-moving
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夂* | 夂* | *夂
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头
slow; low-speed
to stroll / to walk slowly
slow-braised pork belly (Tw)
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
as slow as a tortoise
(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
(literary) to walk slowly
(Tw) slow-braised pork belly
slow living
to retard / to slow sth down
to ascend slowly
to ease up the pace / to slow things down
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared
to slow down / to ease up / to abate / slowdown / downturn
slow to get started
slow to heat up / (fig.) (of a person) reserved; introverted; slow to develop relationships; (of a product etc) to take time to become popular; (sports) slow to reach peak performance
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
name of "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters
lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiom) / fig. (of a person) too slow; can't keep up

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